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A view of an offshore wind power farm in Germany

EU grants 1.5 billion euros for wind farms, carbon capture

Technology / Energy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The EU commission on Wednesday granted 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) to offshore wind farms and carbon capture and storage schemes to help relaunch Europe's economy and cut greenhouse gas emissions.


Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...


Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant

Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has completed construction of a pilot plant to support development and validation of its carbon capture technology. Final commissioning testing prior to plant operation ...


Motorola Debut i856 Available

Motorola Debut i856 Available

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint that offers wireless phones and services with no contracts and Motorola announced today the launch of its first push-to-talk slider phone. The Motorola Debut i856 gives Boost ...


Research has all the right moves

Research has all the right moves

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A juggler and a conductor were among the artists who helped create a device which can retrieve dozens of different movement sequences in a matter of minutes.


Major funding to help cut CO2 emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The University of Nottingham is to share in Ł6.9m of research funding to investigate carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies which could drastically cut CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel power stations. The funding fr ...


Carbon capture has a sparkling future

Carbon capture has a sparkling future

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas. The findings - published ...


Quicker, easier way to make coal cleaner found

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 6

Construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States is in danger of coming to a standstill, partly due to the high cost of the requirement — whether existing or anticipated — to capture all emissions of carbon ...


Carbon dioxide 'scrubber' captures greenhouse gases

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (23) | comments 15

University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide directly from the air, using near-commercial technology.


Durham scientists to tackle CO2 storage in global warming challenge

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Scientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming.


Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.


Ski Faster with Camera-less Fusion Motion Capture

Technology / Other

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the aid of a new system used to capture 3D motion of athletic movements – Fusion Motion Capture (FMC). Featured in Wiley-Blackwell’s journal, Sports Technology, this i ...